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"The best things in life are free!"
FANNY PACK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

“The best things in life are free!” posts woman who’s paying $679 a night for this view

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments free, infinity pool, Insta model, Instagram, lifestyle, money, rich

They say money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy flights, accommodation, cocktails, that cute bikini, and an iPhone XS on which to record photographic evidence of your holiday.

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CULTURE SHOCK MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Pripyat security guard looking forward to this year’s bribe season

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments bribe, Chernobyl, danger, Instagram, Pripyat, radiation, selfie, tourists, Ukraine

A Pripyat security guard is expecting an exponential growth of tourists looking to accidentally become infertile from gamma radiation after the release of HBO’s Chernobyl.

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Thousands of holidays ruined by Great Social Media Outage of 2019

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments beach, communication, Facebook, Insta model, Instagram, internet, selfie, social media, tragedy, WhatsApp

Hundreds of thousands of tourists around the world are today in mourning after their holidays were ruined by the Great Social Media Outage of 2019.

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Mat proves he's better than you
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Mate proves he’s better than you by posting YET ANOTHER photo of his volunteer work in Africa

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Africa, bragging, feel good, high horse, Instagram, social media, volunteer

Your most obnoxiously generous mate has once again shown he’s better than you by spamming your Insta feed with his volunteering photos.

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments backpacker, coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown, pandemic, quarantine, social distancing, traveller, working from home

Conscientious travellers across the globe have decided to socially distance themselves to minimise the impact of the pandemic.

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Travel wanker went to Wuhan
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Travel wanker went to Wuhan “before it was famous”

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments arrogant, coronavirus, disease, epidemic, travel wanker, Wuhan

Your hostel’s obligatory travel wanker wants you to know he visited Wuhan way before any of this coronavirus kerfuffle.

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New year's resolution
FANNY PACK MAKING MEMORIES 

Backpacker resolves to continue drinking, partying, not having a job in 2020

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments job, money, resolution, Thailand, work

An Aussie backpacker has today publicly vowed to continue “being a mad dog and not give into mainstream ideas of how to live life.”

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This man runs 10 km every morning
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Sociopath runs 10 km every morning even when he’s on fucking holiday

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments exercise, health, holiday, Instagram, lifestyle, psychopath, running, social media, sociopath, Strava, travel

A man who runs 10 km every morning despite being on holiday must have something seriously fucking wrong with him,

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

“But am I really happy?” wonders travel influencer after Cancun photo notches up 10,000th like

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments beach, bikini, Cancun, existential crisis, Insta model, Instagram, Nietzsche, philosophy, selfie, travel

A travel influencer has reached a moment of existential crisis despite getting a record 10,000 likes on her most recent

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Tiger snake makes itself comfortable in backpacker’s sleeping bag

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, camping, dangerous, gum tree, sleeping bag, tent, tiger snake, venom

German backpacker Heidi Schlickenbocker is in for a surprise when she snuggles up in her sleeping bag tonight, with a friendly local tiger snake having decided to keep her company for the evening.

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MAKING MEMORIES 

Girl flies halfway around the world to do exactly what she always does at home

November 8, 2018November 16, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments France, Instagram, Paris, selfie, sightseeing, social, tourism

Despite having spent more than $2000 to fly from Sydney to Paris, Janelle Tapscott has amazed her Instagram followers by

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Your bikini selfie only got 13 likes therefore this whole holiday is a disaster

October 15, 2018November 22, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 2 Comments beach, bikini, Cancun, Instagram, selfie, social

The fact that only 13 people have reacted to the bikini selfie you posted two days ago means this whole

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NEWS

Somali government advises against travel to US
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Somali government warns citizens against travelling to the USA

May 30, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

In response to out-of-control scenes in the US over the past few days, the Somali government has made the unprecedented move of advising its citizens to stay away from the world’s richest country.

30-year-old backpacker and travel blogger wants to make money
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

30-year-old backpacker’s fear of no longer travelling or having a social life proven correct

April 20, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Chernobyl is on fire
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Chernobyl catching fire somehow not even in the 10 most apocalyptic news stories of 2020

April 14, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home

March 24, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

PERSPECTIVE

Waiting for roommates to stop
AFTER DARK CULTURE SHOCK PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: If my roommates don’t shut up soon, I’ll have no choice but to sit here silently and wait for them to stop

December 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0

My only option is to press the nuclear button: to continue to do nothing and seethe silently until they shut up.

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left

September 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0
OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course

August 7, 2019 Paul Norman 0
I live in a tent
FANNY PACK PERSPECTIVE 

Congratulations on buying your first home! I live in a tent

May 3, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0

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